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<p>[QUOTE="Cucumbor, post: 2394367, member: 4298"]Yes, interesting thread, and WOW ! some awesome coins</p><p><br /></p><p>Finding a favorite among my provincial might be tricky, and I wouldn't want to be offending to any of my treasure. Why do we always have to choose, here or there ?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/normal_0070-420np_noir.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b> Nero and Poppaea, tetradrachm </b>Alexandria mint, AD 63-64</p><p>NERO KLAY KAIS SEB TEP AY, radiate head of Nero right</p><p>TTOTTTTAIA SEBASTH, draped bust of Poppaea right, LI in right field</p><p>12.3 gr</p><p>Ref : RCV # 2002 v, Emmet # 129</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/normal_0110-420np_noir.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b> Trajan, Bronze</b> struck in Laodicea, c114-115 AD</p><p>AUTOKR NER TRAIANOC ARICT(KAIC CEB), laureate head of Trajan right</p><p>IOULIEWN TWN KAI LAODIKEWN BXR, Turreted bust of Tychee right, IOU in field</p><p>9.97 gr</p><p>Ref : Sear #1080</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/normal_0191_Pautalia.np_noir~0.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b> Plautilla, Bronze </b>minted in Pautalia, Thrace</p><p>PHOYL TTLAVTILLA CEBA, diademed and draped bust right</p><p>HTE CIKI KLAPOV OVATTI TTAUTALIAC, river god seated left</p><p>12,4 gr</p><p>Ref : Ruzicka, Pautalia # 771a, G&M #134/1849, same obverse die</p><p><i>For further information about this type, see Curtis Clay's thread about Plautilla at Pautalia on Forvm</i> : <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=49682.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=49682.0" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=49682.0</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/normal_0210-410np_noir.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b> Macrinus, Bronze </b>struck in Nicopolis</p><p>AVT KM .... H MAKRINOC, Laureate and cuirassed bust of Macrinus right</p><p>V M AGRIPPA NIKOPOLITWNPROC IC TR, Tyche standing left, holding cornucopia and rudder</p><p>14.26 gr</p><p>Ref : ANMG #1710</p><p><br /></p><p>A sister coin to [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER]'s Volusian bronze of Antioch :</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/normal_0390-420np_noir.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b> Trebonianus Gallus, AE 8 Assaria </b> SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch.</p><p>AYTOK K G OYIB TPEB GALLOC CEB, Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right /</p><p>ANTIOXEWN MHTPO KOLWN, Tyche seated facing within tetrastyle temple; below, river god Orontes swimming left; above temple, ram advancing right, head left; Delta and Epsilon across field. SC at exergue</p><p>21.08 g, (30mm, 6h)</p><p>Ref : Sear # 4350, McAlee 1181; SNG Copenhagen 292 (same rev. die).</p><p><br /></p><p>And, to finish with, as I show it every time I'm given the opportunity :</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0561-410np_noir.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b> Domitius Domitianus, Octadrachm, Emmet plate coin </b> Alexandria mint, AD 296-297</p><p>ΔOMITI-ANOC CEB, Radiate bust of Domitius right</p><p>No legend, Serapis going right, LB in field (regnal year 2)</p><p>12.79 gr</p><p>Ref : Emmet, Alexandrian coins #4241/2, this example illustrated, Dattari # 10830, RCV # 12982 (2000), Sear # 4801 var (It's actually an hexadrachm in Sear)</p><p>Domitius Domitianus, stationed in Egypt, rebelled against Diocletianus in july 296 AD and was proclaimed emperor. He was defeated during spring 297 AD. Diocletian decided to close the alexandrian mint, so the coins of Domitianus are the last provincial coins from Alexandria. Also, Domitianus was the only ruler to strike octadrachms (in parallel with didrachms, tetradrachms and hexadrachms)</p><p><br /></p><p>For more information, see, <b>in english </b>: <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Domitius%20Domitianus" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Domitius%20Domitianus" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Domitius Domitianus</a> or "<b>en français</b>" <a href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=54339.0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=54339.0" rel="nofollow">http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=54339.0</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Also, the following comment, about another specimen sold at CNG (Triton XI, Lot # 539) "<i>For the most part, scholars agree that the larger coins featuring the radiate bust must be a double, and thereby call it an octodrachm. At half the weight, then, the smallest coins with the Nike on the reverse must be tetradrachms, though these coins have erroneously been called heretofore didrachms. The weights of these tetradrachms appear consistent with the final issues of pre-reform tetradrachms of the Tetrarchs. The middle denomination poses the largest challenge to this arrangement. By weight, it should be a hexadrachm. However, no such denomination was known to have been struck in Egypt, though tetradrachms earlier in the third century achieved this weight. The obvious problem here would be the confusion caused in circulating the same denomination in two different weights. As this type is the rarest of the group, it is possible that it was meant for a special occasion, or more remotely, a stalled attempt to reinstitute the pre-reform coinage on an earlier weight standard. Further investigation may shed more light on this subject. </i></p><p><br /></p><p>Q[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Cucumbor, post: 2394367, member: 4298"]Yes, interesting thread, and WOW ! some awesome coins Finding a favorite among my provincial might be tricky, and I wouldn't want to be offending to any of my treasure. Why do we always have to choose, here or there ? [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/normal_0070-420np_noir.jpg[/IMG] [B] Nero and Poppaea, tetradrachm [/B]Alexandria mint, AD 63-64 NERO KLAY KAIS SEB TEP AY, radiate head of Nero right TTOTTTTAIA SEBASTH, draped bust of Poppaea right, LI in right field 12.3 gr Ref : RCV # 2002 v, Emmet # 129 [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/normal_0110-420np_noir.jpg[/IMG] [B] Trajan, Bronze[/B] struck in Laodicea, c114-115 AD AUTOKR NER TRAIANOC ARICT(KAIC CEB), laureate head of Trajan right IOULIEWN TWN KAI LAODIKEWN BXR, Turreted bust of Tychee right, IOU in field 9.97 gr Ref : Sear #1080 [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/normal_0191_Pautalia.np_noir~0.jpg[/IMG] [B] Plautilla, Bronze [/B]minted in Pautalia, Thrace PHOYL TTLAVTILLA CEBA, diademed and draped bust right HTE CIKI KLAPOV OVATTI TTAUTALIAC, river god seated left 12,4 gr Ref : Ruzicka, Pautalia # 771a, G&M #134/1849, same obverse die [I]For further information about this type, see Curtis Clay's thread about Plautilla at Pautalia on Forvm[/I] : [url]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=49682.0[/url] [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/normal_0210-410np_noir.jpg[/IMG] [B] Macrinus, Bronze [/B]struck in Nicopolis AVT KM .... H MAKRINOC, Laureate and cuirassed bust of Macrinus right V M AGRIPPA NIKOPOLITWNPROC IC TR, Tyche standing left, holding cornucopia and rudder 14.26 gr Ref : ANMG #1710 A sister coin to [USER=44132]@Bing[/USER]'s Volusian bronze of Antioch : [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/normal_0390-420np_noir.jpg[/IMG] [B] Trebonianus Gallus, AE 8 Assaria [/B] SYRIA, Seleucis and Pieria. Antioch. AYTOK K G OYIB TPEB GALLOC CEB, Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ANTIOXEWN MHTPO KOLWN, Tyche seated facing within tetrastyle temple; below, river god Orontes swimming left; above temple, ram advancing right, head left; Delta and Epsilon across field. SC at exergue 21.08 g, (30mm, 6h) Ref : Sear # 4350, McAlee 1181; SNG Copenhagen 292 (same rev. die). And, to finish with, as I show it every time I'm given the opportunity : [IMG]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11724/0561-410np_noir.jpg[/IMG] [B] Domitius Domitianus, Octadrachm, Emmet plate coin [/B] Alexandria mint, AD 296-297 ΔOMITI-ANOC CEB, Radiate bust of Domitius right No legend, Serapis going right, LB in field (regnal year 2) 12.79 gr Ref : Emmet, Alexandrian coins #4241/2, this example illustrated, Dattari # 10830, RCV # 12982 (2000), Sear # 4801 var (It's actually an hexadrachm in Sear) Domitius Domitianus, stationed in Egypt, rebelled against Diocletianus in july 296 AD and was proclaimed emperor. He was defeated during spring 297 AD. Diocletian decided to close the alexandrian mint, so the coins of Domitianus are the last provincial coins from Alexandria. Also, Domitianus was the only ruler to strike octadrachms (in parallel with didrachms, tetradrachms and hexadrachms) For more information, see, [B]in english [/B]: [URL='http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Domitius%20Domitianus']http://www.forumancientcoins.com/numiswiki/view.asp?key=Domitius Domitianus[/URL] or "[B]en français[/B]" [url]http://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=54339.0[/url] Also, the following comment, about another specimen sold at CNG (Triton XI, Lot # 539) "[I]For the most part, scholars agree that the larger coins featuring the radiate bust must be a double, and thereby call it an octodrachm. At half the weight, then, the smallest coins with the Nike on the reverse must be tetradrachms, though these coins have erroneously been called heretofore didrachms. The weights of these tetradrachms appear consistent with the final issues of pre-reform tetradrachms of the Tetrarchs. The middle denomination poses the largest challenge to this arrangement. By weight, it should be a hexadrachm. However, no such denomination was known to have been struck in Egypt, though tetradrachms earlier in the third century achieved this weight. The obvious problem here would be the confusion caused in circulating the same denomination in two different weights. As this type is the rarest of the group, it is possible that it was meant for a special occasion, or more remotely, a stalled attempt to reinstitute the pre-reform coinage on an earlier weight standard. Further investigation may shed more light on this subject. [/I] Q[/QUOTE]
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